discido

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈkiː.doː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diʃˈʃiː.do]^[1]

Forms

discīdō (present infinitive discīdere, perfect active discīdī, supine discīsum); third conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin dis- (“apart”) + caedō (“to cut”).^[2][3][1] De Vaan traces ⟨caedō⟩ to Proto-Italic *kaid-e/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id- (“to cut, hew”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short call it very rare, perhaps only in Lucretius, who uses it of cutting something into many pieces with iron.^[5][6] Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^[7]

Semantic evolution

It meant to cut in pieces, cut up, and also to beat severely.^[2] Gaffiot renders it as to separate by cutting.^[6]

Timeline

• 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^[5][6][7]

Meanings

Verb

1. To cut in pieces, cut up.^[2][5]
2. To beat severely.^[2]

Related words

• caedō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de